Stumbled upon a drinkin’ establishment today, Edd’s Tavern, and was inspired to jot down this little ditty (once I regained consciousness, of course).

Plundr’n your way on the seas today takes everything you've got Taking a break from fish head stew, sure would help a lot

Wouldn't you like a tankard o’ grog?

Sometimes you want to go

Where everybody buys a round, but they're always on your tab You wanna be where you can see, outta your one good eye, that the patrons are scum but they’ve all been maimed

You wanna go where wenches know, pirates are all the same, You wanna be where the cabin boys know Your name

It seems to make a lot of sense to give your money to organizations that promise to do something useful with it. However, there should only be one such organization not a zillion. How are we supposed to know who is in more need? I prefer to give excess money I have no use for to people who tell me they always know what to do with their money. I gave over 1000 euro to my heardresser for that reason. He asked for 19.20 but I didn't care because he said he would give excess money to the needy (NOT CHARITY). I walked away when he started objecting to the insane pay for my hearcut.

I shouldn't have told my parents because they panicked called my psychiatrist and the three of them judged me mentally unstable. The resulting pill pushing, refusing, frustration, anger finally led me to isolation. Fortunately isolation is not punishment for a merman. So I used my time well to abstractify myself down to a point in space with human awareness. That abstraction of self was usefull in conversations that followd. Of course I never tell that I have an abstract self that feels what happened and might happen. People may think I'm insane. I would object.

Davros, Attorney and Pieces of LawKeeping up appearances is a very important activity in religion; in fact, maintaining tattered illusions is its main activity. - Richard Wade, on Friendlyatheist.comWe make an idol of our fear and call it God. -Ingmar Bergman, The Seventh Seal

Terrible disaster in Japan. To show the world how merciful Flying Spaghetti Monster could be, I have started a fundrasing effort for International Medical Corps through it's UK partner (because I am living in the UK and using a web service based here).